At first, the full name of the software was "solution statistics package for social science", but with the expansion of product service field and the increase of service depth of SPSS, the full English name of SPSS was officially changed to "statistical product and service solutions" in 2000, which indicated that the strategic direction of SPSS was undergoing major adjustment.
SPSS is the general name of a series of software products and related services launched by IBM for statistical analysis and calculation, data mining, predictive analysis and decision support tasks, with Windows and Mac OS X versions.
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SPSS function
1. It integrates data entry, data editing, data management, statistical analysis, report making and graphic drawing. Theoretically, as long as the computer hard disk and memory are large enough, SPSS can handle data files of any size, no matter how many variables and cases are contained in the files.
2. Statistical functions include all items in educational statistics, including conventional concentration and variance, correlation analysis, regression analysis, variance analysis, chi-square test, t-test and nonparametric test.
It also includes the recently developed multivariate statistical techniques, such as multivariate regression analysis, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, principal component analysis, factor analysis, etc., and can display (print) various statistical charts such as normal distribution chart, histogram and scatter chart on the screen (or printer).
In a sense, SPSS software can also help users with insufficient mathematical ability learn to use modern statistical techniques. Users only need to care about what statistical methods should be used for a certain problem and have a preliminary understanding of the interpretation of the calculation results, without knowing the specific operation process, and may quantitatively analyze the data with the help of manuals.
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